Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough Bezirk Altona and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Color Line Arena. In 2016 the population was 31,047.HistoryThe first records of Bahrenfeld dates 1256. In 1890 it was suburbanized into the city Altona. During Nazi Germany 1938 with the Greater Hamburg Act the city of Altona (including Bahrenfeld) was merged into Hamburg.History section is based on a translation of the German article BahrenfeldGeographyBahrenfeld is mixed of commercial and residential areas. In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 10.9km². Bahrenfeld is located south of Lurup and Eidelstedt, west of Stellingen and east of Osdorf. The southern boundaries to the quarters Othmarschen and Ottensen are the railway tracks of the city train. To the south west lies Groß Flottbek.DemographicsIn 2006 in the quarter Bahrenfeld were living 26,434 people. The population density was 2435PD/sqkm. 14.8% were children under the age of 18, and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. 16.8% were immigrants. 1583 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 14,230 households out of which 16.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 52.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.78.